Coffee grinder Sharps

[Ron The Old Reb]

[QUOTE=Ron The Old Reb;69232]'Are there ANY pictures, drawings, etc. that I could use to reproduce this?

​Ask Rick Harrison on Pawn Stars he knows ever thing about every thing. If you don't believe me just ask him. If he doesn't Cory or Chumlee will.

[ikesdad]

[QUOTE=Ron The Old Reb;69245]

'Are there ANY pictures, drawings, etc. that I could use to reproduce this?

​Ask Rick Harrison on Pawn Stars he knows ever thing about every thing. If you don't believe me just ask him. If he doesn't Cory or Chumlee will.

Don't forget "The Beard of Knowledge".

[Southron Sr.]

If there is a Coffee Mill Sharps in the NPS collection at Chickamauga, you can make an appointment with the curator to see the Sharps privately at the park. Just call Chickamauga to set up the appointment.

Also, check the patent office records to see if either Christian Sharps or Col. King patented the idea. Then there should be a drawing of the parts in the mill.

[gmkmd]

At the last gun show I almost bought a Cosmopolitan carbine with a Cuisinart built into the stock, but Tim said it wasn't original. Apparently julienne french fries weren't invented until the Franco-Prussian War. But I did buy a Gallagher carbine with a Foley food mill attached to the saddle-bar.

[Ron The Old Reb]

At the last gun show I almost bought a Cosmopolitan carbine with a Cuisinart built into the stock, but Tim said it wasn't original. Apparently julienne french fries weren't invented until the Franco-Prussian War. But I did buy a Gallagher carbine with a Foley food mill attached to the saddle-bar.

​OMG! Cabin fever this year is worst then we thought.

[John Holland]

I think the advanced Cabin Fever is because most of the Cabins are still covered with snow!

[satwel]

The Springfield armory NPS site also has a coffee grinder sharps on display. They say the original intent was more to grind grains and corn than coffee.

[bobanderson]

I've been in email contact with the curators of Springfield Armory and also the Cody Museum of the West. Both gentlemen were very helpful and offered to allow me a research appointment to examine their displays. That may still happen in the future, but in the meantime, a friend gave me a book titled "Breech-Loading Carbines of the United States Civil War Period" by Brigadier General John Pitman. It has line drawings of the right plate along with a scale, plus full size drawings of the left side and the internal parts of the grinder mechanism.
I've also ordered an 1859 stock blank to modify. I've got some ideas to replicate a grinder mechanism from modern parts. Next step is to decide how to cut out the plates and the handle. I could do it by hand, but if I wanted to make more than one, a cnc mill would be the way to go. The only person I know that has one is way too busy to work on this for me.

[gmkmd]

I was joshing before, but seriously this sounds like a really cool project. If you're planning on making one, it would probably be a good idea to plan on making several, because I'd bet you'll have more than a few guys looking to buy one from you.

[John Holland]

To continue on the serious side of Glenn's post for a moment, if Bob is successful in setting up a repetitive production process I will bet "Dollars to Donuts" that there will be a market in the re-enacting community!